other lords besides thee That the reference is to foreign despotisms, and not as some have thought to false gods, may be regarded as certain. The rule of the heathen over the people of God was an invasion of Jehovah's sovereignty, it was inconsistent with the ideal of the Theocracy, and hindered the perfect realisation of the Divine will in the national life.

by thee only … name The sense appears to be: "it is through thy help alone that we can now celebrate thy name." The construction is not very clear.

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